Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in 1986. The album went to number 20 on the Billboard 200 and also heralded a return to the pop charts, when the uptempo, keyboard-heavy title track, "Headed for the Future" reached #53 (also cracking the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart). Another single, "The Story of My Life" narrowly missed the top ten on the adult contemporary charts and has since become one of Neil Diamond's best-known and well-respected songs. Headed for the Future has been certified gold in the US by the RIAA.
Neil Diamond - main performer on all tracks
Alan Lindgren - synthesizer, piano
Tom Hensley - piano, synthesizer
Richard Bennett - guitar
Doug Rhone - guitar
Hadley Hockensmith - guitar
Reinie Press - bass
King Errisson - percussion, congas
Vince Charles - percussion, steel drums
Ron Tutt - drums
Linda Press - backing vocals
(These musicians were at the time all members of Neil Diamond's official backing band, known as "Diamondville",)
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
Michael Landau - guitar
David Foster - keyboards
Reverend David Boruff - keyboard programming, saxophone
Gregory Tristan Imboden - drum overdubs
Bill Champlin - backing vocals
Randy Kerber - keyboards
Dann Huff - guitar
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
Carlos Vega - drums
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Reverend David Boruff - saxophone
Burt Bacharach - synthesizer
Todd Cochran - Emulator programming
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill - backing vocals
"Stand Up for Love"
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizer
Steve Lukather - guitar
Nathan East - bass
John "J.R." Robinson - drums
Maurice White - backing vocals
Marva Barnes - backing vocals
David Foster - keyboards
Michael Landau - guitar
Dann Huff - guitar
Jason Scheff - bass, backing vocals
Reverend David Boruff - keyboard programming
Gregory Tristan Imboden - drum overdubs
Bill Champlin - backing vocals
Stevie Wonder - drums, piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
Herbie Hancock - synthesizer solo
Bob Bralove and Robert A. Arbittier - synthesizer programming
Dwayne Roberson, Vincent Unto, Phillip Williams - backing vocals
Lists the same musicians here as were listed for the "Headed for the Future" track; obviously, not all of those musicians performed on this track as well. It is possible that Diamond himself might have performed some of the instrumentation (such as piano and/or acoustic guitar) uncredited.
Bobby Caldwell - Guitar, backing Vocals
Dann Huff - additional guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers
Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizers
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
John "J.R." Robinson - drums
Nyle Steiner - additional synthesizer
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Maurice White - backing Vocals
Randy Kerber - keyboards
Dann Huff - guitar
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
Carlos Vega - drums
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
David Foster - synthesizer
Burt Bacharach - synthesizer
Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill, David Lasley - backing vocals
Bobby Caldwell - guitar
Dann Huff - additional guitar
Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers
Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizers
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
John "J.R." Robinson - drums
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Clare Fischer - string arrangements
Robert A. Arbittier - programming
Reverend Dave Boruff - programming
Bob Bralove - programming
